Hearing Wang Xijue slandering his master like this, Eryang immediately turned angry.

“Wang Yuanyu, just because I call you Uncle, do you really think you’re a big shot?” Wang Wuyang pushed Wang Xijue away and said, “Who the hell do you think you are? How dare you disrespect my master!”

"That's right, why don't you apologize to my master now!" Hua Shuyang also jumped up and down.

Now, in their hearts, the teacher is like Confucius to Zilu, and he cannot bear to hear anyone say the word "no" to him.

Seeing that Wang Xijue was embarrassed by the two men, Zhao Hao thought to himself, you two bastards, please don't ruin my relationship with the future Prime Minister.

"That's enough!" He shouted, asked the two to leave, and then smiled and said to Wang Xijue:

"My dear brother Wang Shi, I am very honored. May I ask if the so-called evil book you mentioned is my "Glimpse of Geometry"?

"Of course." Although Wang Xijue was still furious, he regained some of his rationality. He remembered that this was the residence of a nobleman, not a place where a small cultivator like him could make noise.

If they were to get serious and send him to the Censorate, the Chief Censor would immediately remove his official hat and let him go home to inherit his huge fortune...

But when he thought about how his brothers were now, how could they take the examination? He gnashed his teeth again.

"Brother Wang Shi, don't worry. Let's go check on your brother's condition first. Maybe I can find a way to cure him." Zhao Hao comforted him and said without hesitation:

"Prepare the car."

~~

In a moment, Wang Xijue was stuffed into the carriage without knowing what was going on, and then the group of people rushed to Guanyin Temple Hutong.

In the carriage, Wang Xijue told Zhao Hao about his brother's experience...

The story begins with Eryang’s visit when everyone first arrived in Beijing.

At that time, in addition to acting as messengers for Wang Shizhen, they also asked Wang Shishu to use his relationship with the Hanlin Academy to help them print a batch of pamphlets on "An Initial Glimpse into Geometry".

The problem lies with this booklet.

Wang Xijue determined that it was a book of prophecies and wanted to criticize it.

Wang Dingjue was also curious about how Zhao Hao, a boy of fourteen or fifteen years old, could charm his two nephews so much that he took the initiative to take on the job of appraiser.

He wanted to find out the truth from the "Geometry Glimpse", but after reading it, he became completely obsessed...

"It's all my fault. I asked him to criticize this crappy book. It was fine in the first few days. He sneered all day long, but then he gradually stopped laughing." Wang Xijue said with a guilty look on his face, "Then he lost his appetite and didn't even want to sleep. He locked himself in the room all day, muttering about 'isosceles triangle', 'base angle', 'supplementary angle' and so on..."

Then he covered his face with his hands, and said with lingering fear: "No matter day or night, he is in a state of madness at any time. Suddenly he laughs and says, 'Oh, I understand, it's so simple!' But more often he shouts in frustration, 'This proposition is too difficult, I can't do it!' When he gets anxious, he will bang his head against the wall..."

"This..." Zhao Hao and his two disciples looked at each other. Eryang thought to himself, I didn't expect that the young uncle who seemed calm and composed was actually a man of temperament.

Zhao Shizhen, however, had a look of sympathy on his face, because he felt the same way... Those geometric propositions were incredibly easy to solve once you figured them out, but if you couldn't, they were so damn hard that you wanted to bang your head against the wall.

Zhao Hao knew what was going on, and he felt relieved. He asked Wang Xijue with a smile, "Is he okay now?"

"I stopped him from reading books of prophecies and divinations, but he said I was ridiculous, saying that it was profound knowledge that every educated person should read carefully. Then he laughed at me and said that I might not be able to understand it." Wang Xijue said depressedly.

"Do you understand it?" Zhao Hao asked.

"I couldn't help but take a few glances. What the hell is going on? There are triangles and circles. It's obvious that this is not a serious subject." Wang Xijue muttered:

"I was about to take the book away, but he actually started fighting with me. I had no choice but to let him calm down first."

Zhao Hao and Wang Wuyang looked at each other and thought to themselves that he didn't understand...

Eryang and Zhao Shizhen suddenly felt a sense of superiority, and their admiration for this senior who had won the first and second place in the imperial examination was immediately dissipated a lot.

~~

As they were talking, they arrived at Guanyin Temple Hutong.

As soon as Zhao Hao entered the backyard of Wang Xijue's house, he smelled a strong scent of incense and candles. Looking at the walls, doors, and windows, there were yellow talismans everywhere to ward off evil spirits. It was obvious that a grand ritual had just been held.

When he pushed the door open and entered the inner room, Zhao Hao burst out laughing.

I saw a person lying on the kang, tied up like a dumpling, with a yellow talisman on his forehead to ward off evil spirits, and a peach wood sword stuck in his crotch...

Pulling out the peach wood sword that was symbolically inserted into his body, Zhao Hao thought to himself that it was fortunate that Master Wang was not really castrated.

If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, it would be hard to believe that this was something that a top scholar, editor of the Imperial Academy, and lecturer in the Imperial Lectures could do.

But think about it, a few years later, Prime Minister Wang and Alliance Leader Wang both claimed to be one of the eight hundred earthly immortals, and even worshipped their daughter Tan Yangzi as their teacher, engaged in superstitious propaganda, and were finally punished by the court.

It is quite reasonable to hold a few rituals now, just to try out the technique.

"Master Liu from Guanyin Temple said that he was possessed by a demon and that he needed to be suppressed by talismans for seven days and seven nights. This way, the peach wood sword on his body would be able to kill the demon." Wang Xijue was also a little embarrassed and explained in a low voice.

"What the hell is going on?" Zhao Hao rolled his eyes and looked down on Wang Xijue.

"Your brother is not crazy at all, nor is he possessed by a nightmare..."

"Who is he?" Wang Xijue asked.

"It's my fault that I only asked questions but didn't give answers." Zhao Hao smiled bitterly and patted his forehead, saying, "I thought they would come to my house because they couldn't figure it out, but I didn't expect your brother to be so stubborn."

"Ah?" Wang Xijue was surprised, "So simple?"

"Haven't you read books like the Zhoubi Suanjing?" Facing Wang Xijue, who was seriously unbalanced in his studies, Zhao Hao didn't have much expectation. He just hoped that he would not regard the good "Geometry" as a demon book.

"I haven't read much." Wang Xijue blushed. After all, mathematics is one of the six arts of a gentleman. If it were another scholar, it would be fine. But he was the top scholar among the scholars, a Hanlin who gave lectures to the emperor.

"They are probably the same type, but other people's books provide solutions, but I don't." Zhao Hao spread his hands and asked Wang Dingjue, "Am I right?"

“Wuwuwu…” Wang Dingjue kept whimpering and was unable to utter a word. However, the way he nodded rapidly made people understand what he meant.

"Ah..." Wang Xijue said sluggishly: "Then why didn't he tell me that this is mathematics?"

"Because this is not mathematics, it's geometry." Wang Wuyang sneered, "You won't understand even if I tell you."

"Didn't they say it's the same..." Wang Xijue was confused.

"Untie it first?" Zhao Hao rolled his eyes at him again.

"Okay." Wang Xijue finally nodded in agreement.

Eryang took a pair of scissors and quickly cut off the restraints on Wang Dingjue.

After regaining his freedom, the first thing Wang Dingjue did was to take out a walnut from his mouth, and then cursed: "Wang Xijue, I am done with you!"

After saying that, he knelt down in front of Zhao Hao and said, "Master, please tell me the correct answer!

ps. Ninth update, 4900 votes and extra update...